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Detective Mark Valdez teams up with practicing witch and romance novelist Diana Tregarde to discover the identity of the evil that is stalking Dallas and attacking men, women, and children. Reissue. --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars bad...and no Andre., Jun 15 2004

By	Geneve (OR.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burning Water (Mass Market Paperback)

First, you should know that this is NOT the first book in the series.
Second be prepared for a depressing ending, like the prequel CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, this is a book that I feel that if one only read the good parts( though far fewer than in the prequel) and made up a new ending it could be a decent book. This seems to be a copy of the first, only washed out, gorier , and devoid of Andre LaBrell, the only redeeming charter in the whole set of stories. Okay, so I'm a vampire freak, shoot me.

Anyway... the story is that Diana tregard is called to help a cop try to stop a series of slaughters and ritual sacrifices, and at the same time trying to save her own life from the evil god trying to kill her and steal her power. All in all, I must say that I really didn't care for it, and that I was messed up for weeks after. If you must read this book, I strongly advise you to get it from a library. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT was a better story, but it had a very, very, bad ending in my opinion, so it kind of balances out. Haven't read jinx high, but it most likely has a similar plot.
Yuck!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Really a three and a half, Dec 9 2003

By	Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burning Water (Mass Market Paperback)

The Diana Tregarde books are recommended by amazon for people who have read the Anita Blake series. Burning Water is entertaining but much less vivid than the Blake books, most obviously Obsidian Butterfly. The story line is very good with lots of action but the characters tend to be a little one dimensional with too many references to past events with no explanations. A good book but not on the level of LKH.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Triumphant Tregarde, Oct 14 2003

By	David Hood (Wesley Chapel, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Burning Water (Mass Market Paperback)

A few flaws cause some problems in this book, but on the whole it is very good.

Diana Tregarde is a great character, and so is Mark Valdez. Both are fleshed out well in various vignettes unrelated to the investigation of the crime.

The problems I mentioned are problems of competency. Nobody seems to realize that pulling a heart from a body, in the southwest, could possibly be related to well known Aztec ceremonies where that happened. I studied that ceremony in grade 6. Ok, Diana was kept of the trail by spellcraft, but surely somebody else would have figured it out. The villains as well are not overly competent, luckily for Diana and Mark. When told to send a warning to Diana by taking down someone close to her, a minor character she saw once before and didn't like was taken down. As if the author didn't even want a peripheral friend of Diana's to be hurt.

Those problems aside, the plot flows well and it keeps your interest despite the fact that as the reader you know who is doing what. Mark and Diana are both wonderfully sympathetic, attractive characters and the fact that they have to struggle to figure this out is a small plus. The shadowy world of psychics, mediums, wiccans and pagans is also shown well, and the supporting cast is reasonably well defined, though somewhat cliched.

Diana had great potential, I look forward to the next two books and it is a shame she quit writing them.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Highly disappointing.
Plot premise: There's an evil force loose in Dallas, Texas. Detective Mark Valdez calls in the paranormal troops, in the form of his old friend Diana. Read more

Published on Mar 22 2003 by Rebekah Sue Harris

4.0 out of 5 stars Deep in the Hearts of Texas
I took this book and it's sequel, 'Children of the Night,' down off my shelves while doing some research and decided it would be interesting to reread them. Read more

Published on Mar 26 2002 by Marc Ruby™

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Suspense, But Not The Best of the Tregarde Novels
Mercedes Lackey penned three novel featuring heroine Diana Tregarde. All three are very good, but this one is a little bit weak by comparison. Read more

Published on Jul 20 2001 by Sharon E. Cathcart

4.0 out of 5 stars Occult Mind Candy
Wicca is one of the fastest growing religions in America today. Here's a fun read between casting spells and attending esbats. Read more